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Trouble Comes in Twos [COMPLETED]
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Post by Solaire and Terrance on Sept 15, 2021 7:29:10 GMT
It was a relatively quiet night in Greater Shibuya. The riff raff were out and about, and the sounds of a few animals rummaging about in bins.
Wait, that doesn't seem to be an animal. At least, not an earth one. In fact, there's two. The teal-y scaled dragon creatures are lurking about in an alley. One, wearing a green scarf, was standing guard and keeping an eye around, while the second one was rummaging around in a trash bin.
"Solaaaaire, we're going to get in trouble!"
"Oh nonsense! What could we get in trouble for? Digging around in human garbage? That ain't illegal!"
"But we're Digimon in the Real World...! I don't think we're supposed to be here!"
The two argue in hushed tones, the one named Solaire tossing some of the trash out of the bin as he keeps digging... Looking for who knows what.
"Solaire!"
"What?!"
"We really should GO!"
"Oh quit your worrying! When have any of my ideas been bad?"
"...Well, there was the whole jumping from the tree... and the pushing through the crowd to get on the Trailmon, which had an Ogremon come after us. And the-"
"Alright, alright! But this time will be fine! Promise!"
Terrance grumbles and folds his arms as he keeps an eye out for any humans. They learned really quickly after their arrival that humans scream when seeing monsters... so best not to make more scream. That could get really bad, really fast.
"Humans have such weird trash. Like, it seems they waste half of whatever this stuff is! ...was! ...You know what I mean."
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Post by ricochet4-Hiroshi&Leroy on Sept 15, 2021 8:21:56 GMT
Through the streets what looked like a mismatched pair of human teenager boys were walking along. The truth is they weren't human but digimon in disguise. The shorter one had blond hair and pale skin complete with a nerdy appearance which contrasted the other disguised digimon which was dressed like a gang banger and taller with fiery red hair with blond streaks. The taller one looked around before he said "Sure has been a quiet night."
Yes it had been quiet not just that night but all day for that matter which surprised Hiroshi given his twins' knack for chaotic behavior but maybe him not being chaotic was the real chaos, who knew for absolute certain? Knowing his twin Hiroshi would not be stupid enough to leave his hotheaded chaotic sibling alone for longer than necessary especially in the Human World.
Suddenly Hiroshi came to a dead stop the disguised Cutemon holding him arm out bringing his disguised Shoutmon twin to a stop but almost knocked Hiroshi over as he barely stopped in time. "What's the deal, Hiroshi?" Leroy asked sounded somewhat annoyed at the sudden stop.
"Shh." Hiroshi hissed causing Leroy to comply but until he got a straight answer he glared at his twin. "I hear two voices near along with the sound of garbage rustling as if someone is digging through it."
Leroy's glare diminished as he wondered why someone was digging through garbage. Sure he could see it if there was no better option for food but that did not make that less disgusting to him. The brothers shared a look before continuing on remaining on alert for trouble outside of Leroy's chaotic shenanigans.
As they approached Hiroshi and Leroy could feel it. There was no mistaking it there were digimon near. Looking around for humans but not seeing any they continued on spotting two Dracmon one of them digging in the garbage for some unknown reason. The disguised Leroy then spoke up announcing his and his brother's presence when he asked "Hey why are one of you digging in the trash and why are you guys running around in the Human World without holosuits?" There was the chaotic element Hiroshi was used to but at least it was mild compared to some situations Leroy's chaos had wrought.
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Post by Solaire and Terrance on Sept 15, 2021 8:31:34 GMT
Terrance lets out a squeak!
"Solaire, we've been had! I told you this was a bad idea!"
The Dracomon in the trash peeks up, and upon hearing what they said... well, the two who found them definitely aren't screaming, so that's a plus.
"...Well uh, humans are weird? Just trying to see what they have." Solaire says before jumping down from the bin he was in, dusting himself off. After a moment of dissatisfaction, he sets out a burst of flame down himself as if to sanitize by fire.
"Holosuits? What're those?"
Terrance looks at Solaire in disbelief. He's just, so CASUAL about the whole thing? They've been caught by huma- Wait, that's not the sense of humans.
The Dracomon both look at the two and Terrance narrows his eyes... he suddenly points his claw at them. "Digimon? But, you look human!"
"I guess that's what the holosuits are then. Make us look human!" Solaire grins and wanders up to the two. "Hi there. I'm Solaire. The scaredy-cat is my brother, Terrance. I guess the answer to your question is, we've never heard of holosuits nor knew that we would need them. ...Guess that explains why some humans don't scream when they saw us making our way over here, huh?"
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Post by ricochet4-Hiroshi&Leroy on Sept 15, 2021 9:07:03 GMT
The Dracmon who wasn't digging in the trash squeaked in fright but given Leroy's without warning response Hiroshi couldn't blame him. Hiroshi glanced at Leroy and noticed the disguised Shoutmon looking amused and couldn't help but roll his eyes before elbowing his brother catching Leroy's attention. Then at Leroy's annoyed look, Hiroshi gave his twin a look that indicated an obvious silent message that was telling the furry Shoutmon to behave. Leroy merely let out a sigh in response but did little else regarding his twin.
The Dracmon in the garbage climbed out and cleaned himself with his own fire. Then he asked what holosuits were followed by his sibling pointing at them voicing his understandable confusion. "Well holosuits can do more than make a digimon look human but is the most common choice for digimon in the Human World. A holosuit's purpose is for blending in so we don't freak out the humans who are unaware of digimon." Hiroshi explained patiently to the two Dracomon before one of the Dracomons handled introductions. "Nice to meet you both. My name is Hiroshi and with me is my twin brother Leroy. He can be a bit of a handful but not that bad once you get used to him like I am." Hiroshi didn't want to scare of Terrance and Solaire by mentioning his twins' chaotic nature. Sure Leroy wasn't a bad digimon but often was a pain especially when bored since he was much more impulsive than Hiroshi was by a long shot.
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Post by Solaire and Terrance on Sept 15, 2021 9:20:32 GMT
The two of them nod briefly before Terrance shifts back a bit to be somewhat behind his brother, tapping his claws together. Solaire rubs the back of his head before chuckling.
"Sorry about him. He worries about everything." He then looks back and gives Terrance a gentle slug on the arm. "See, I told you everything would work out! We're not dealin' with humans."
"But they COULD have been, and that's my point!"
"Ah, fweh." Solaire grins a wide toothy grin. "Well, we're here exploring the human world for a bit. I heard humans are weird, and so far, I've found that to be true! I mean, I kinda need to know what I'm defending the world against when I become a Knight!"
Terrance shakes his head a bit. "You know we BOTH have to be Knights, right? And I think we'll be plenty okay sticking on the other side, defending from interior threats... I mean, humans don't USUALLY come to attack the Digital World, so why do we gotta know about them?"
Solaire turns his back on the holosuited twins and puts his hands on his hips. "Becaaaaause you never know when an evil Digimon might be working WITH a human to manipulate the world from the outside! Think, Terrance!"
Terrance mumbles something before looking at the clearly more experienced Digimon with a face that is begging for back up, while Solaire stands there all smug in his answer. But what was this talk about being Knights? They're clearly inexperienced, maybe even freshly Rookie... Seems Solaire has his sights set high... Even as he dusts his blue scarf off.
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Post by ricochet4-Hiroshi&Leroy on Sept 15, 2021 21:54:41 GMT
"I know about having to live with a worry wart. Hiroshi can be the same way." Leroy said with a hearty laugh before receiving a punch to the shoulder from Hiroshi. Leroy's loud laughs toned down but slight chuckles could still be heard from him.
"I'm not a worry wart more of the one that keeps us alive when you implement your less that wise combat strategy of headlong charging cause you can't seem to help yourself whether angry or not." Hiroshi said causing Leroy to cover his mouth holding in his laughter.
Leroy's laughing calmed itself before he said "Yeah humans may be weird but they aren't all bad. To be fair humans may find us digimon weird to. You know the ones that don't scream and run away anyway. Matter of prospective I guess."
Hiroshi wasn't surprised that such intelligent words came from his twin since he was well read. Combat smart was where Leroy was severly lacking but at least they had each other to cover their weaknesses. "So you two are training to be knights. That's interesting isn't it, Leroy?" Hiroshi said as he turned to his twin who nodded in response."Terrance is right about one thing. It doesn't hurt to learn about humans since they pass between both worlds."
"Hiroshi and I have learned a bunch about humans by attending school though late last year something strange happened involving what I think was an evil human but with all the Numemon in the school I couldn't tell for sure." Leroy said as he recalled something that happened merely a short time ago. Boy did he not envy whoever cleaned the place up.
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Post by Solaire and Terrance on Sept 15, 2021 22:35:13 GMT
Solaire's smugass grin gets a bit wider. Terrance rolls his eyes before rubbing the back of his head.
The blue-scarf brother then nods. "Yep! I'm going to be a Royal Knight some day! ...Well, maybe not officially, but I'm gonna do it! Be the best Knight there is, and maybe even have Alphamon proclaim me, and Terrance, as honorary Royal Knights!" The excitable Dracomon's eyes gleam with his idea of glory. "After all, the Royal Knights are probably so busy dealing with threats bigger than I can imagine. I want to help take some of that burden. For Justice!"
Terrance taps his claws together. "...And um... Well, I want to be a Knight too. Where Solaire goes, I go... He needs someone to try and keep him close to the ground until he can truly fly on his own." How... surprisingly insightful of the green-clad brother. Terrance smiles a bit. "Plus, um... well, Justice isn't exactly a monolith and... Yeah..."
After their little speech, Solaire looks at the disguised brothers. "School? Humans have schools too?" He hrms a bit before tilting his head. "What sorta things do humans learn?"
Terrance can't help but be curious himself, moving to stand by Solaire and hear what the much more experienced twins have to say on the matter.
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Post by ricochet4-Hiroshi&Leroy on Sept 15, 2021 22:51:19 GMT
"Sounds like lots of hard work but I guess it would pay off as you two get stronger." Leroy said as he began to scratch his head not knowing what else to say regarding Solaire's words.
Seeing how flummoxed his twin was he turned to both Terrance and Solaire before he said "Yes it is true that the path of justice isn't smooth like a monolith nor straightforward for that matter. My brother and I are little more than wanderers that are just trying to look out for themselves for the most part. No offense of course. That also doesn't mean we won't help others that need help since we aren't heartless monsters."
"Yeah humans go to school. Aside from learning how to socialize with others they learn things like language, math, science, and various arts much like hatchlings in the village of beginnings. They just tend to go to school longer than a digimon." Leroy said recovering his thoughts when the discussion shifted to the subject of human schools.
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Post by Solaire and Terrance on Sept 15, 2021 23:13:52 GMT
Terrance feels justified in his lack of words, because Hiroshi said what he was thinking. That was nice. But now the topic is focused on human schools, and Solaire seems to be listening intently.
"Huh. That's kinda weird. I mean, why don't they just-"
"Solaire, you're smarter than this..."
"Oh right... The whole not being data thing..."
The two then pause before laughing together. Well, despite their differences, it's clear that they are the best of friends. The Dracomon then pause before looking down at themselves. "So um... where do we... get holosuits?" Terrance finally asks, while Solaire's brain ticks away and he then raises his claw.
"And do you know if the humans have any kind of Network Security? I mean... We have the Royal Knights, and like... Griffomon and Giromon, and Cyberdramon!" Solaire really seems to know a lot about the various (intended) Security Forces of the Digital World by default. Seems he's something of a fanboy for more than just the Royal Knights, huh?
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Post by ricochet4-Hiroshi&Leroy on Sept 15, 2021 23:35:17 GMT
Hiroshi and Leroy laughed along with the Solaire and Terrance when Solaire seemed confused with how the humans learned things in school. When both he and Leroy calmed down, Hiroshi said "Yeah it would be easier for humans to learn if they were made of data wouldn't it? Which makes me surprised by how similar in some ways humans are to us digimon."
Then Terrance asked about where holosuits could be found. "Well they can be found in various shops in the Digital World and the appearace you want can be programmed into them." Hiroshi explained to the scarf wearing pair of Dracomon.
Then Solaire asked if the humans have anything like the Royal Knights and Leroy said "Well, like the Digital World, there are many different countries in it and they have militaries to protect them from potential invaders. You know like how the Royal Knights protect the Digital World. Also, like us digimon, human towns and cities have police officers to uphold the law and defend the citizens." Leroy said before he chuckled catching Hiroshi's attention. "Wow, bro. I think I've been around you too long. I'm starting to sound like you, like all rational and logical."
Hiroshi laughed as well before he said "Don't worry, Leroy, I'm sure it won't last."
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Post by Solaire and Terrance on Sept 15, 2021 23:47:34 GMT
Solaire laughs a bit at Leroy's realization that he sounds like his brother, and Hiroshi's snap back. Oh yeah, these two are just like him and Terrance! Well, slightly different motivations, but their relationship is the same.
He then takes all of what they've said in before nodding. "Do uh... Do they have any groups that are specifically meant to target Digimon? Cause... it's what I'd do if I were them."
Terrance's hands move to his scarf, and he gently taps his claws against a subdued gemstone attached to it. It only really is brought to Leroy and Hiroshi's attention because of the tapping sound being different from cloth or metal. "Yeah, cause with how powerful we get, they... don't." Terrance's face returns to a default state of worry, as if afraid that his anxieties over there being an authority to actually GET the twins in trouble will be justified!
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Post by ricochet4-Hiroshi&Leroy on Sept 16, 2021 2:02:51 GMT
"I wouldn't be surprised if there were such groups so I think it would be best we try not to do things that upset the humans during visits to their world. We don't even know if such humans have good motivations." Hiroshi said his tone going uneasy.
Leroy quickly picked up on his brother's tone and rested a hand on Hiroshi's shoulder before he said "Don't worry so much, Hiroshi. If you are worried about me causing them trouble more than a mere prank then I understand. Just remember I don't want to attract unwanted attention as much as you do despite some of my habits being contrary to that statement."
Seeing Terrance anxiously picking at a gem on his scarf Hiroshi pulled away from his twin and knelt down to eye level before he said "Hey take it easy. As long as we behave like civilized beings and don't intentionally cause trouble those groups shouldn't be much of a problem. After all there are other digimon who wander through Shibuya from time to time and some are partnered with humans so it is obvious humans and digimon were meant to exist together. It's just most humans aren't ready for such knowledge yet and that is why holosuits were made."
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Post by Solaire and Terrance on Sept 16, 2021 2:18:05 GMT
"I guess... but having a hot head for a brother doesn't help much."
"Hey! I'm not hot headed!"
"...You don't tend to listen to me when I have a point..."
".............fair." Solaire sweatdrops and lets out a small chuckle as he rubs the back of his head. "I do listen when you outright panic though!"
Terrance looks at Hiroshi with grateful eyes and offers a small smile. "...Thank you. Um... guess we probably should head back to the Digital World. ...Riiiight, Solaire?"
"Yes, yes, we can go back... Least until we get some holosuits." Solaire grins and gives Terrance a slug on the arm. "So uh... got any back paths to the station? Don't feel like causing more humans to scream. It hurts our ears." Terrance nods in agreement at the sentiment. Humans scream much differently to Digimon and it tends to hurt more. Solaire would think it's due to the fact they're pureblooded dragons. But who knows.
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Post by ricochet4-Hiroshi&Leroy on Sept 16, 2021 2:39:10 GMT
Hiroshi chuckled at the interaction between Solaire and Terrance before he said "I know what it's like to have a hothead for a brother, Terrance."
"Hey! I'm not that bad, Hiroshi!" Leroy squawked out indignantly while crossing his arms.
Leroy, you are like a living embodiement of chaos which has led us to trouble on multiple occasions." Hiroshi said with a sigh which made Leroy uncross his arms and look calmer than before. When the Solaire asks if they knew a way back to the station. That and they didn't want to make anymore humans scream since it hurt their ears. "I know how that feels. I have sensitive ears which are a blessing most times but not so much when a loud noise hits them." Hiroshi said as he rose to his feet.
Looking around Hiroshi then said "If we stick to the shadows and alleys we should be able to make it to the station without you two freaking out any more humans."
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Post by Solaire and Terrance on Sept 17, 2021 21:29:49 GMT
The two of them nod in unison. "Yes, yes. Let's go!" Solaire grins as he turns to head towards the station... then pausing before moving back to Hiroshi and Leroy. "......Probably should actually just follow you. I might be graceful-"
Terrance lets out a snort at that claim.
"-but I uh...still have to figure out what my limits are." He finishes with a glare at his brother, which Terrance returns with a seemingly uncharacteristic happy smile of his own.
"Oh, we'll find those limits, Solaire. Just wanna make sure that you don't get hurt at the same time." Terrance looks up at Hiroshi with eyes that... seem to be filled with admiration. It's almost like he hasn't met anyone who understood his perspective quite so easily. But there was travel to be done, and Terrance seemed far more relaxed knowing that they were heading back to the Digital World. It was at least more comforting in Terminus... He knew exactly what threats there were.
Solaire seemed less eager to go, despite what his words claim, but he also knows better than to push Terrance too far. There is only so much excitement his brother could handle before it was too much.
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